President Donald Trump said he is designating the far-left anti-fascism movement Antifa as a terrorist organization, announcing the move on his Truth Social platform in the early hours of Thursday morning UK time.
It wasn’t immediately clear what mechanism Trump would use to make the designation, and Antifa lacks centralized structure or defined leadership, making it unclear who or what precisely would be targeted.
“I am pleased to inform our many U.S.A. Patriots that I am designating ANTIFA, A SICK, DANGEROUS, RADICAL LEFT DISASTER, AS A MAJOR TERRORIST ORGANIZATION,” Trump wrote. “I will also be strongly recommending that those funding ANTIFA be thoroughly investigated in accordance with the highest legal standards and practices. Thank you for your attention to this matter!”
A White House official told CNN, “This is just one of many actions the president will take to address left wing organizations that fuel political violence.”
Trump — who’s overseas for a formal state visit — signaled the move earlier this week in remarks from the Oval Office following the murder of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
fascist snowflake big mad at anti-fascism
cry harder fashbro
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Someone doesn’t know what “organization” means.
More likely because they are so vague, he can label any opposition as antifa and toss them in prison.
Not just Trump; the Dutch parliament has just accepted a motion to also declare Antifa a terrorist organization.
This is a country that was occupied by Nazis 80 years ago. People who fought in the resistance have always been considered heroes. And now they’re declared criminals. These parties are openly siding with the Nazis.
Mind you, we also had the AFA, Anti-Fascist Action 40 years ago, when they attacked a racist fringe political party with smoke bombs that ended up burning down a hotel, so declaring them terrorist would have made some sort of sense at the time, but they haven’t been heard of for the past 39 years.
It’s pure political posturing to side with Trump or create an excuse to arrest protesters who disagree with them.
Before the KKK?
the trorange would much sooner give each kkk individual a medal for “bravery and patriotism”
And you wonder why I switched back to the Libertarian party the day after Kirk’s death. I knew that it was going to be a reason to target the left and I don’t wanna associate with the Democratic Party. I disagree a a lot with their principles, but I’m more of a left leaning libertarian anyways…
coward.
right on message for libertarians.
How am I a coward? My principals also don’t 100% align with the left as well. I only was registered dem to vote in primaries for a brief time. Before I was an independent.
“I don’t want the fascists to think I’m not one of them” <-- that’s you
Now I’m a facist? Wow. I’m not judging you so don’t do the same to me. I believe what I believe
You said that you didn’t want the fascists to think you were affiliated with the “left”, you did it in response to kirk being shot, by someone who’s political leaning is, as I most recently understand it, not well defined.
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Some of the most important leaders of antifa
The asswipe on the far right, Stalin, is the number 2 ranked murderer and does represent ANTIFA.
Believe it or not, also a leader of antifa
He supported Pinochet and the South African apartheid regime, so no.
There was also the whole Iran-Contra kerfuffle, with said Contras being, shall we say, not really nice. Oh, and let’s not forget the Soviet-Afghan war, where lots of USA and Saudi money ended up financing “freedom fighters”
Anti ANTIFA? That’s just fascist with extra steps.
Designate a concept as a terrorist organization, and then you can label anyone you don’t like as antifa so you can prosecute them.
It’s ridiculous how far the US is now into fascism. If the frog knew any history it would know what it means to be in a nice pot with warm water on top of a stove.
This feels like those theatre plays for children where the wolf is hiding behind the main character and all the children are shouting “the wolf is there!!” While the main character remains oblivious.
I just watched a video of an interview with an FBI agent. That was literally what white supremicists say. “Do you support fascism? No? Then you’re antifa”
The Global War on Don’t Like Your Face doesn’t quite have the same ring to it, though it’s far more accurate.
“You have been found guilty of unlikable jib cut!”
This is what everyone warned of years ago.
He will label ActBlue as antifia. Its how a lot of progressive gather money to fund their campaigns. So AOC etc will either have to turn to super Pacs and fall inline or get no support.
Just watch they already mentioned investigating them before.
Against fascism? Terrorist
Against Trump? Terrorist
Pro-LGBT? Terrorist
Pro-free speech? Believe it or not, terrorist
Glad that you realized now that the term was always used against people other dislikes
Against genocide? Terrorist
You undercook fish, terrorist, you over cook chicken, terrorist.
Terrorism is the enemy of the “free world” because it’s a way for those being exploited to fight back without paying into the MIC.
This is going to lead to an escalation of political violence.
If something as nebulous as antifa is “terrorist”, then it’s easy for anyone to be classified as a terrorist. See also what is going on in the UK with Palestine Action. But instead of embarrassed unarmed bobbies doing the arresting, in the US it will be masked, unidentified goons, mirroring ICE practices. So that lowers the threshold to drop into a “homo sacer” category that can be basically shot on sight. Which means, more people will have nothing to lose. Which means more political violence.
Give it time. Black folk will be labeled as Antifa agents.
So will LGBTQ+ people. Especially trans people.
Similar to how they’re working on porn bans while simultaneously saying that being trans is just a weird sex thing. The end goal is to ban these minority groups from public, and give authorities carte blanche to harass them simply for existing.
Remove, not harass.
That was amazing, thank you!
